LAUREN COHEN
Education:
2012-2014
Masters, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004-2008
BFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
Residencies:
2022-2023
MacDowell Residency, Peterborough, NH, USA
2020
New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS Foundation), Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017 - 2018
Casa Quinze Garzas, Ichupio, Mexico
2016
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA
2015
Casa Quinze Garzas, Ichupio, Mexico
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Bethany, CT, USA
2010
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Skowhegan, ME, USA
Selected Exhibitions:
2023
Paroxysm. Westbeth Gallery, Manhattan, NY, USA
2022
Key of Dreams. Van Der Plas Gallery, Manhattan, NY, USA
2021
Auction. Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME, USA
Works on Paper. Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Skowhegan Exhibition: Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME, USA
2020
Source Matters. NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
The Weight of the Temporary. NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Alive in the Universe. Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Venice, ITL
2017
Et Tu, Art Brute? Andrew Edlin Gallery, NY, USA
One Summer Night. The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2015
Light Matter. Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
2014
A New Circle. Forbidden City Gallery, Shanghai, China
Saatchi New Sensations. Victoria House, Bloomsbury, London, UK
Show RCA. Royal College of Art, London, UK
An Inoperative Mythology. Blyth Gallery, London, UK
2013
Bloomberg New Contemporaries. Institute of Contemporary Art, London & Spike Island, Bristol, UK
WIP. Henry Moore Gallery at Royal College of Art, London, UK
Notes to Self. Dyson Gallery at Royal College of Art, London, UK
Multiculturalism Is Dead. Interact Gallery, London, UK
2012
Exploding Cinema: Besides the Screen. Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2011
Auction X: Artistic License. di Rosa, Napa, CA, USA
Land of Magic. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
2010
SK10. SK10 Gallery, Skowhegan, ME, USA
2008
If Painting Is Dead I am the Air Bomb That Blew It. Solo show, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
JAB. Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
I'm Scared Because There's Only One of You. SoCha Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Professional:
2023
MacDowell Podcast, “The MacDowell Basket” LitHub Radio, Peterborough, NH, USA
Park Slope Market Booth (Performance), Brooklyn, NY USA
2022
Book Launch, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (Office), Manhattan, NY, USA
Park Slope Market Booth (Performance), Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY USA
2021
Interview, "Rising From The Ditch: Salem and The Life of an Artist." History Happy Hour Podcast, The Salem Oracle
Park Slope Market Booth (Performance), Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY USA
2018
Publication funding, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, USA
2017
Writer, The Art Story, New York, NY, USA
2016
Interview, Lyra Magazine, London, UK
Awarded, Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa: Endorsed by the Arts Council of England, London, UK
2015
Josef Albers and Education Today: Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA
Visiting Artist, The Middlesex School, Concord, MA, USA
Teacher, The Clark School, Rowley, MA, USA
Publication, The Catlin Guide, London, UK
Visiting Artist, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK